Monument record 0110300000 - COTTESLOE DMV, WING

Summary

Deserted medieval and post-medieval settlement recorded in field survey and historic documents. The settlement remains are visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and were mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604).

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of deserted Medieval village of Cottesloe (DBC8916)

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Type and Period (12)

DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1899 AD?)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
BOUNDARY DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
TRACKWAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
POND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
HOLLOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
BANK (EARTHWORK) (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)
DITCH (Post-Medieval - 1540 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Settlement traces on both sides of road, mainly S side. House platform on stream edge quite well preserved (B4).
Village area redefined & plotted from APs (B5).
Traditionally the place where the Hundred took its name (B1).
Were 2 farm dwellings & a cottage at Cottesloe, c.1862 (B2).
NGR to site centre (B5).

A deserted settlement of medieval date is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located in fields south of the Wing to Cublington road, opposite Bramwells Farm and centred at SP 85969 22344, the earthworks extend across an area about 565 metres WSW-ENE and 180 metres NNW-SSE. The settlement comprises an interconnected system of linear trackways or hollow ways, creating a series of rectilinear enclosures. Within some of the enclosures to the W are blocks of medieval and/or post medieval ridge and furrow cultivation. Within other enclosures are linear slopes and terraces, hollows or possible ponds, linear banks and other more amorphous ditches that may represent settlement activity. To the E of the main settlement area, linear boundary banks extend about 235 metres that may appear to align with and link to field boundaries visible on aerial photographs taken in 1944, and so likely represent former field boundary banks. No evidence of these earthworks is recorded on historic OS maps. On aerial photographs taken in 2015 and recent remote sensing data, the settlement earthworks remain visible (7-9).

Sources (23)

---SBC17219 Aerial Photograph: 01/01/90. BCC NO 273. SP\884235.
---SBC17374 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1990. Black & white APs A14/16/25-27. SP\859221. Yes.
---SBC17714 Aerial Photograph: J K St Joseph (Cambridge University). 1966. Black & white Cambridge University AP ANG 68. SP\858220. Yes.
---SBC17821 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge Committee for Aerial Photography. 1977. Black & white Cambridge University AP CCB 57. SP\858221. Yes.
---SBC17838 Aerial Photograph: Cambridge Committee for Aerial Photography. 1979. Black & white Cambridge University AP CLC 28. SP\862222. Yes.
---SBC20746 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1995. BCM AP A24/24/24. SP85902231. Yes.
---SBC20747 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1995. 1995 BCM (Michael Farley) oblique AP. SP85902231. Yes.
---SBC20762 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1995. BCM AP A24/24/. SP85902231. Yes.
---SBC21645 Aerial Photograph: J K St Joseph (Cambridge University). 1970. Cambridge University AP BBM 91. SP86032238. Yes.
---SBC21646 Aerial Photograph: RCHM (NMR). 1985. NMR AP SP8622/5/110. SP86122224. Yes.
---SBC21647 Aerial Photograph: RCHM (NMR). 1985. NMR AP SP8622/4/105. SP86112223. Yes.
---SBC21648 Aerial Photograph: RCHM (NMR). 1977. NMR AP SP8622/3/54. SP86102234. Yes.
---SBC21650 Aerial Photograph: RCHM (NMR). 1985. NMR AP SP8622/5/112. SP86102235. Yes.
---SBC23646 Aerial Photograph: Mike Farley (BCM). 1995. BCM APs A24/24/27-32. SP\86002235. Yes.
<1>SBC26953 Bibliographic reference: George Lipscomb. 1847. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham (Volume 3). Volume 3. p521.
<2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p783.
<3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. p450.
<4>SBC1676 Bibliographic reference: BERESFORD MW NOTES ON BUCKS DMV'S (IN CAS FILE 000 0) & BERESFORD MW &HURST JG 1971 DESERTED MEDIEVA.
<5>SBC229 Aerial Photograph: INFORMATION DERIVED FROM AIR PHOTOS - RAF MAY 1947 (RUN 116, PRINT 3043); CAMB UNIV ST JOSEPH ANG 68; NMR SP8622/3/54, SP8622.
<6>SBC10956 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1973. OS RECORD CARD SP 82 SE 6.
<7>SBC26782 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2024. RAF-HLA-403 V 34 14-FEB-1942.
<8>SBC25062 Digital archive: Environment Agency. Environment Agency LiDAR data. SP82SE Environment Agency National LIDAR Programme DTM 1 Metre dated 2020 SP8522-SP8622.
<9>SBC25596 Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 2022. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery. 07-SEP-2015 SP8622.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 8586 2214 (557m by 613m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish	WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire